English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Capton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woodleigh

Historical Forms

  • Cop(p)eton 1330,1333 SR

Etymology

Either 'hill farm' from ME  coppe , 'hill summit,' or 'Coppa 's farm,' cf. Coppan ford KCD 699.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement